Breeding-stock.



No. 889,945. PATENTED JUNE 9, 1908. D. E MILLER. BREEDING STOCK. APPLICATION IIYLED MAY 4, 1906.

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BREEDING STOCK.

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DANIEL E. MILLER, OF WEST ALEXANDRIA, OHIO.

BREEDING-STOCK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 9, 1908.

Application filed May 4, 1906. Serial No. 315,268.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL E. MILLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at West Alexandria, in the county of Preble and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Breeding-Stock, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the breeding of mares to horses or jacks, in which mares, while being served or'covered by horses or jacks are inclosed within a stock with adj ustable floor, with shelves hinged, one to each inner side of the stock and a removable bar at the front end and an adjustable bar at the rear end thereof.

The objects of my invention are, first, to enable any horse or jack however large or small to conveniently cover or serve any mare of whatever size or disposition. Sec- 0nd, to render such service entirely free from danger of injury to either the animals or to the persons handling them, and third, to rendcr such service more sure and certain. I attain these objects by the mechanism illus trated in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a view of the stock as it appears with the end bars in place and. the shelves turned down to a position they occupy while the stock is in use. Fig. 2 is a top view or plan, showing the floor B, the shelves P. I. turned down, the movable bar F. and the manner in which it is adjusted to suit the length of the mare. Fig. 3 is a side elevation, or view showing the lever, G. by which the front end of the floor B. is raised or lowered, and the locking device consisting of the ratchet J. and pawl R. by which the floor is locked at any desired elevation. Fig. 4 is a vertical section of a part of the stock on the line 44 Fig. 3 showing the floor B. resting on the rocker shaft I. and the manner in which said shaft is inserted through the sides of the stock, and the manner in which the shelves P. I. are supported when turned down.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The sills D. the posts M. the sides a. a. and the end tie or beam II. Fig. 1 constitute the frame of the stock.

The floor B. is hinged near the rear end as shown in Fig. 3 and the front end is supported by the rocker shaft I. The ends of the rocker shaft I. pass through the sides of the stock as shown in Fig. 4 at a point eight or more inches above the sill and to one end of this rocker shaft is attached the lever G. with the awl R. and to the outside of the stock is bolted the ratchet J. Figs. 1 and 8. By revolving the rocker shaft I. by means of the lever G. the floor B. is raised or lowered to any elevation Within the radius of the rocker shaft.

The shelves P. P. are hinged to the inner sides of the stock as shown at O. 0. Fig. 2 and may be turned back against the sides or turned down upon the bar T. as shown in Figs. 1 and 4. To the outer edge of the shelves is attached flanges or stops A. A. Figs. 1 and 4.

The bar F. attached to the top of the frame is adjustable in the keepers S. S. Fig. 1 and can be locked at any required. distancefrom the front end of the stock by means of pins inserted through the keepers S. S. the bar F. and into the frame as shown in Fig. 1. The front end of the stock is closed by inserting the bar T. into the frame as shown in Figs. 1 and 4.

In the use of the stock for breeding, or in case of veterinary surgery, (for which pur pose the stock is equally well adapted,) the shelves being turned back into the sides of the stock, and the bar T. Figs. 1 and 2 being removed, the mare is led into the stock; the bar F. is adjusted to the length of the mare in the keepers S. S. Figs. 1 and 2 and the bar T. is inserted into the frame behind her, the shelves P. I are turned down to rest on the bar T. as shown in Figs. 1 and 4. It is now impossible for the mare to change her position or to injure the horse or his handler by kicking or otherwise. By a movement of the lever G. the floor is raised or lowered according to the relative size of the mare and horse or jack. In covering or serving the mare, the weight of the horse is sustained by the shelves P. P. on either side of the mare and the flanges A. A. Figs. 1 and 4 prevent the horses feet from slipping off this support and the danger of injury to the mare from the weight of the horse or otherwise is obviated. I

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is,-

A breeding stock having sides, an adjustable floor hinged at one end, a rocker shaft supporting the floor at the other end Whereby it may be raised or lowered, shelves hinged to the inner sides of the stock, a removable'bar for closing the rear end of the 5 stock, keepers-mounted adjacent the forv Witnesses:

Ward end of the sides and a bar adjustably R. (J. HILL,

secured in the keepers. to lengthen and J. H. LOWMAN.

shorten the stock, all substantially as shown and for the purposes specified.

DANIEL E. MILLER. 

